Journalism consists largely in saying ‘Lord Jones died’ to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. G K Chesterton
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. Oscar Wilde
Most rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read. Frank Zappa
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. Joseph Pulitzer
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Cyril Connolly
Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. Malcolm Muggeridge
Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. Rebecca West
Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing right, that there should be nobody with the power to dictate where responsible journalism begins. Tom Stoppard
My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone’s wrapping fish in it. Al Capp
Journalism is literature in a hurry. Matthew Arnold
I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret. Walter Winchell
Journalism is the entertainment business. Frank Herbert
Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world. Archibald MacLeish
Journalism consists in buying white paper at 2 cents a pound and selling it at 10 cents a pound. Charles A Dana
In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat. Harold Evans